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Microsoft NYC Flagship Opens Oct. 26
Microsoft announces grand opening dates for its first New York City flagship store and first international flagship location in Sydney.
Microsoft Azure: More Mature Cloud Platform
With Azure, Microsoft stakes claim against Amazon and Google, touting its ability to serve as a more muscular cloud partner for the enterprise data center.
IBM Wants To Bring More IT To Big Data
With its new emphasis on cloud and analytics, IBM doesn't have time to wait around for data scientists to get their PhDs. Now Big Blue wants to train more IT pros to analyze big data.
GE: IoT Makes Power Plants $50M More Valuable
GE preps general availability of its Predix analytics platform, says managing utility output with Internet of Things data will increase an electric plant's value by $50 million over its lifespan.
Blue Cross CIO: Big Data Can Fix Healthcare Quality, Costs
The Axis big data initiative at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association incorporates more than $350 billion in annual claims, 36 million provider records, and more than 700,000 BCBS patient reviews, all with the goal of helping healthcare consumers make informed decisions. BCBSA CIO Doug Porter takes us through the project.
8 Epic Software Fails: From Volkswagen To IRS
While Volkswagen's recent software scandal raises serious ethical concerns, it's certainly not the only remarkable software failure this year. Here's a rundown of what can happen when good software goes bad. As we head into fourth quarter 2015, we can't help but wonder what's next.
'Netflix And Chill' Button Shows What's Wrong With IoT
Netflix's slightly tongue-in-cheek invention shows that the Internet of Things is way too complicated for consumers.
Where Cars Fit In The Future
Cities are crowded, and in the years ahead, the transportation industry will have to adapt as more markets have less room for private cars.
Amazon Robotics: IoT In The Warehouse
The real magic of robots and the Internet of Things is happening right now at Amazon's vast fulfillment warehouses in the US. See what it's all about, and learn how simple robotics can transform your organization's logistical needs.
Volkswagen's New CEO Brings Software Know-How
Taking over from Martin Winterkorn, former Porsche chairman Matthias Muller will try to regain customer trust for Volkswagen in the wake of its emissions cheating scandal. Holding a master's degree in computer science, Muller brings a familiarity with software that may help the automaker emerge from its crisis.
WAN Redesign Sparks New IT Ideas For Esselte Group
What started as a project to improve Esselte Group's WAN has led the company's IT leadership to start thinking about how to redesign its IT infrastructure. The project earned the company a spot in the 2015 InformationWeek Elite 100.
Red Hat To Be First $2 Billion Open Source Company
Red Hat reports 13% growth in the second quarter, improved cloud and emerging technology sales, and an expanded revenue estimate for third quarter.
CloudFlare Pulls In $110 Million, Plots Next Move
CloudFlare is a San Francisco startup that is making a name for itself in serving content to mobile devices and warding off Internet attacks. Now it has $110 million in funding from Microsoft, Google, and others.
10 IT Infrastructure Skills You Should Master
Infrastructure is no longer static, immovable, or inflexible -- and neither should be an IT pro's skill set. Take a look at 10 of the hottest infrastructure skills that IT pros should be considering today.
Volkswagen CEO Resigns Over Emissions-Cheating Software
Winterkorn says the company needs new leadership to win back trust.
Amazon Cloud, Analytics Help Researchers Fight Famine
Researchers in the US and China explore rice genomes with AWS analytics tools to develop drought and disease resistant crops.
Apple Project Titan: Electric Car May Arrive By 2019
Apple is ramping up the development of Project Titan, its foray into electric car production, by expanding its team, the WSJ reports.
Volkswagen: 11 Million Cars Used Deceptive Emissions Software
The German carmaker has acknowledged that its suspect emissions testing software is a global issue.
Amazon Disruption Produces Cloud Outage Spiral
Amazon DynamoDB failure early Sunday set off cascading slowdowns and service disruptions that illustrate the highly connected nature of cloud computing.
France Rejects Google's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Appeal
Google is told it must respect Europe's "right to be forgotten" across all its domains.
Apple-Cisco Deal: What It Means For Businesses
The companies entered a partnership earlier this month to build a "fast lane" for iOS business users by optimizing Cisco networks. Does a fast lane for iOS users mean a slow lane for everyone else?
8 Raspberry Pi Tools That Fire Up Your Programming Skills
The Raspberry Pi has changed the world of embedded servers. Now, it's time to change the way you write software for the tiny powerhouse. Bonus: All the tools featured here are available for free.
Dreamforce 2015: 8 Ways Analytics Changes Business
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and a cast of thousands took the stage at Dreamforce 2015 to talk about how analytics, particularly when based on information drawn from mobile devices and the Internet of Things (IoT), is going to change the way we do business.
Hadoop Adoption Poised For Growth: Survey
More than three quarters of respondents to a recent AtScale survey said they plan to do more with Hadoop in the next three months. Learn how they intend to derive business value from these efforts.
Tech Industry Stands With Ahmed
The Texas student detained for bringing a homemade clock to his high school has won the support of technology and political leaders.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick: Every Car Should Be Ours
Uber's CEO thinks his company should handle every car and truck on the road, and that if this happened, you'd like it.
HP Planning 30,000 Job Cuts In Restructuring Move
HP is looking to cut even more of its workforce in conjunction with a Nov. 1 corporate split intended to make the company more agile and efficient.
How To Get More Resources For IT
If IT can't get the resources you see IT needs, you need to take a hard look at why. Does the CEO undervalue IT, or is IT just not valuable to your organization?
Microsoft General Counsel Named Company-Wide President
Brad Smith, Microsoft's first company-wide president since 2002, will also continue to oversee its security policies as chief legal officer.
iPad Pro: 6 Pros, 4 Cons For Business Users
The iPad Pro represents a sea change for Apple's tablet, which is now more than ever angling to replace your laptop.
10 Free Tools For Productive Programming
Every programmer needs a set of tools -- and tools seem to be even better when they're free. Here are 10 you can use to be more productive in your next scrum.
Salesforce Customers Investing In Multiple Clouds, Report Finds
Bluewolf consulting has released its fourth customer feedback report on Salesforce. It finds that the use of multiple clouds is increasing.
Salesforce Beefs Up Heroku For Custom Enterprise Apps
Salesforce App Cloud ties together Salesforce's CRM apps, Force.com platform, and Heroku platform to run various parts of an application.
iPhone 6s, iPad Pro Star At Apple Event
The new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, along with a larger iPad, dominated Apple's fall event, which also heralded a new Apple TV and revised mobile and wearable operating systems.
Cloudera Sees Spark Emerging As Hadoop Engine
Cloudera launches the One Platform Initiative to advance Spark as the data processing successor to MapReduce inside Hadoop.
6 Ways To Ask Smarter Questions Of Big Data
To drive more value out of your big data, you have to start with the right questions. Here are six strategies for improving the quality of the questions you ask big data.
IT Life Radio: Better IT Project Management With Accounting
The latest episode of IT Life Radio will investigate how accounting practices could help IT projects.
VMware Moves Open Door For Security Partners
Steve Herrod, former VMware CTO turned venture capitalist, sees new roles for startups with security centered on virtual machines, containers, and other isolation techniques.
Big Data And ROI: An Uneasy Pairing For CIOs
CIOs need to rethink traditional cost justifications when making investments in big data projects.
ARM, Thundersoft Plan IoT Accelerators In China
The initiative is the latest in a recent spate of major investment in in the Internet of Things by vendors worldwide, even as two US industry trade groups call for greater commitment to the space.
HyTrust Claims Advances In Virtual Data Center Ops
VMware security partner HyTrust has been pushing new steps in virtual machine and virtual network operations, including role-based access.
IBM, ARM Partner On IoT Development
The deal gives IBM access to ARM's IoT sensor technology and provides developers better and faster ways to analyze and process the data once it has been collected.
VMware Evo Rail Offers Hyper-Converged Infrastructure On The Go
VMware's hyper-converged appliance, EVO Rail, got off to a slow start but now comes without the added vSphere pricing.
Windows 10 Runs On 1.5 Million Business PCs
Windows 10 Enterprise has been downloaded on 1.5 million devices. That indicates a strong trend of adoption among business users.
True Digital Organizations Put People First
Digital transformation means significant and sweeping organizational change. It is not something that will be led by IT, it is not something that a chief digital officer can do alone. It requires culture change, and lots of it.
VMware's Stealth Strategy: Gain Public Cloud Revenues
VMware thinks it's gained more ground in the public cloud market than analysts realize; it won't be pushed out by Amazon.
Containers 101: 10 Terms To Know
Application containers have been around for a while in the Linux world, but now Microsoft is moving them into the mainstream. Here's what you need to know about this evolution of server virtualization.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
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2021 Top Enterprise IT TrendsWe've identified the key trends that are poised to impact the IT landscape in 2021. Find out why they're important and how they will affect you.
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